When television came along, I'd already done more than 10 years of radio work and I thought everyone would want me. I sat around waiting for the phone to ring - and it didn't.

The only reason for doing a play is to make a statement about it, and by that I don't mean a conceit of the producer.

I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.

I love informality. I hate dressing up. I hate to be conventional - and I hate every kind of snob.

Living in the lap of luxury isn't bad except that you never know when luxury is going to stand up.

Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch.

I'm never certain of a performance - my own or the other actors' - or the script or anything... But to me it seems there's only one place in the world the camera can be, and the decision usually comes immediately.